May 09, 2019

R.I Theme 2018-19

R.I. OFFICERS

President Barry Rassin President Elect Mark Maloney RI Membership Committee Vice-Chair PDG David Edwards

PATRON

HE Dame Sandra Mason, GCMG, DA.

Governor General

DISTRICT OFFICERS

District Governor

Dominique Véneré

Dinnnstrict Governor Elect

Trevor Blake

District Governor Nominee

Lisle Chase

Assistant Governor

Lisa Cummins

District Secretary

Vincent Tacita

District Treasurer

Charles Francois

Council of Governors Chair

PDG Waddy Sowma

District Rotary Foundation Chair

PDG Hervé Honoré

District Grants Chair

PDG Milton Inniss

Council on Legislation

PDG Tony Watkins

Club Officers & Directors

President Shawn Franklin

President Elect Peter Williams

Vice President John Cabral

Secretary Neal Griffith

Treasurer Meryl Stoute

Club Administration Michael Browne

Membership/Youth Service Makonem Hurley

Public Relations Tracey Knight-Lloyd Community Service Malcolm Vaughn International/Rotary Foundation Adrian Skeete

Immediate Past President Paul Ashby

Sergeant–At–Arms Peter Arender

THE FOUR WAY TEST Of the things we think, say or do:

1. Is it the TRUTH?

2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?

3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER

FRIENDSHIPS?

4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Weekly meetings on Thursdays at

Hilton Barbados

Needham’s Point, Aquatic Gap,

St. Michael

at 12:30 p.m.

P.O. Box 148B, Brittons Hill,

St. Michael, Barbados www.clubrunner.ca/barbados

ROTA NEWS

District 7030 - Club # 6798

Chartered March 07, 1962

THE ROTARY CLUB OF BARBADOS WELCOMES ALL VISITING

ROTARIANS AND GUESTS

Mar 07 - Club Charter Date - 1962 - Club # 6798

RI THEME: BE THE INSPIRATION

May 2019 Is Youth Service Month

• 31 May – 1 June - Rotaract Preconven-on, Hamburg,

Germany

• 31 May – 1 June – Youth Exchange Officers Preconven-

-on, Hamburg Germany

RECAP OF MAY 02 2019– BUSINESS MEETING

Last week was an even�ul Business Mee�ng with several

presenta�ons being shared. PDG Tony Watkins was first up

with his “Council on Legisla�on” report which garnered a

robust Q&A session a)erwards especially PP Andrew

Bynoe’s comment on “Diversity.” This lively interac�on

was followed by Treasurer Meryl Stoute’s report, who was

hear�ly applauded for upda�ng Club’s receivables which

had been reduced by almost 60% in the quarter. Dir. Ma-

konem closed the session’s presenta�ons with his update

on the U.W.I. Rotaract Club and ongoing efforts to erect

two Pavilions on Campus to further improve visibility and

provide a dedicated loca�on on Campus. Please see pg. 3

for further details.

Let us recall the

Theme for April

Right:

The Head Table

Below:

1. PDG Tony Watkins

Report on The Council on Legisla-on held on April 14-18

2. Treasurer’s (Meryl Stoute) Report

Below: Dir. Makonem Hurley Update on Rotaract U.W.I. Club

Le?:

Mee-ng A@endees

Below: 1. PP Andrew Bynoe won the Wine World Voucher &

2. Sergeant- At- Arms Peter Arender won the usual bo@le of wine

Today is a Fellowship Mee-ng

PE Peter Williams will present his Conference Report

Our Greeters are PE Fiona Hinds and Rtn. Winston

Warren

We share Fellowship in the Old Hilton Honors Room

on the 8th (Execu-ve) Floor

Treasurer’s Report (Rtn. Meryl Stoute)

Thanked members for bringing their accounts up to date.

We reduced o/s dues drama�cally in a quarter. Statements are going

out monthly, and we are working with members to bring their balances

to zero by allowing for payment plans.

While at Club Forum, we asked members to consider online payments

because we do not have access to view the accounts online. We are

asking the members that do make online payments to submit the

e-receipt to the treasurer so that their accounts can be updated

Our goal is to reduce o/s dues by a further 50% by July 1st.

Dir Makonem’s Report- U.W.I. Rotaract Club Update:

Purpose For Erec-ng Branded Pavilions

• To increase visibility of Rotaract/Rotary on Campus.

• To afford Rotaract club a dedicated facility to host mee-ngs, out-

side of Classroom, due to current challenges in booking loca-ons.

• Also a venue where Club members can study, group mee-ngs etc.

The session was called “Rotary what am I a part of.”

PDG David and PP Michael McLean from Rotary Club of Barbados West

shared some knowledge about rotary as well as their individual experi-

ences as Rotarians.

Report on The Council on Legisla-on held on April 14-18,

2019 by PDG Tony Watkins

There were 117 enactments to be considered by the 538 delegates. 15

were withdrawn, 47 were adopted and 55 rejected. For this presenta-

-on I have chosen just 9 Enactments that were passed that would be

of interest to our Club and the District.

One should note that to amend the RI Cons-tu-on requires a two

thirds majority. Other Enactments only requires a simple majority.

• RI President Barry Rassin (Note: this is the first -me a siJng Presi-

dent has ever proposed an item) proposed an Enactment to admit

Rotaract clubs to RI membership. It should be noted that a) Rota-

ract clubs will s-ll have their standard Cons-tu-on but will receive

greater support from RI. b) Rotary clubs will s-ll sponsor Rotaract

clubs. c) Rotaractors will not be considered Rotarians. d) No dues

have yet been considered by RI Board.

• Per capita dues to RI will be increased as follows. US$34.00 per

half year in 2019-20, US$34.50 per half year in 2020-21, US$35.00

per half year in 2021-22 and US$35.50 per half year in 2022-23 and

therea?er un-l a future COL changes them.

• The RI Board was authorised to take appropriate ac-on to change

RI’s tax status. Under this change RI could obtain several benefits

such as a) tax reduc-ons b) discounts from vendors, etc. It is es--

mated that this change could result in savings of at least US$1 mil-

lion and hence could help in reducing dues in future years.

• An amendment was passed to deal with making up an absence

and stated that “if within the same Rotary year, a member does a

make-up in the usual manner, it can be banked for use in that

year.

• Enactment 18 which was adopted, amended RI by Laws Ar-cle 4

on membership in Clubs by adding the sentence. “Each Club shall

endeavor to build a well-balanced membership that celebrates

diversity”.

• An amendment was made to the Standard Club Cons-tu-on Ar--

cle 13, Sec-on 5 so that if a successor to the Club President has

not been elected, the term of the President shall be extended for

one year only.

• Enactment 70 amended the RI By-Laws Ar-cle 3 so that the RI

Board may terminate a club upon the request of the Governor if

its membership falls below six members.

• Enactment 37 amended Standard Club Cons-tu-on to allow public

officers to be Rotarians in their classifica-on.

• Enactments 115 and 116 to modernise and streamline the By Laws

of Rotary Interna-onal and the Standard Rotary Club Cons-tu-on

without making any substan-ve changes were overwhelmingly

passed.

Note all Enactments passed become opera-onal from July 1,

2019 and the new Manual of Procedure with these changes is

usually published in October.

GREETERS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY

May 2019-Youth Service Month

May 09—PEE Fiona Hinds and Rtn. Winston Warren

May 16—Rtn. Trevor Whitehall and Rtn. Joel Brathwaite

May 23—Rtn. Jeff Evelyn and PP Anthony Reece

May 30—Rtn. Dr. Beverley Agard and Rtn. Berkeley Blades

GREETERS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE

June 06—Dir. Tracey Knight-Lloyd and Rtn. Joe Johnson

June 13—Rtn. Arlene Ross and Rtn. Diana Douglin

June 20—PP Stanley MacDonald and Dir. Makonem Hur-

ley

June 27—PP Bobby Morris & Rtn. Clifford Clarke

Announcements Wedding Anniversary

None this week

Birthday - Rotarians

None this week

Birthday - Partners in Service

Apr 30– Helene Watkins partner of PDG Tony Watkins

May 01– Grace Durant partner of PP. Orville Durant

Join Date Anniversary

Apr 30, 1992 – Rtn. Dr. Adrian Sealy - 27 yrs

Bulletin Editor : Rtn. Randy Marshall Rotary GRACE ROTARY GRACEROTARY GRACE O Lord and giver of all things good

ROTARY GRACE O Lord and giver of all things good We thank Thee for our daily food May Rotary friends and Rotary ways Help us to serve Thee all our days.

OUR GUESTS – MAY 02

Guests:

• Carlos Depeiza. Guest of Peter Arender

• HarrieJe Skeete. Guest of Dir Adrian Skeete

• Gregory Wood. Guest of Jeff Evelyn

• Ted Isaac. Guest of PP Brenda Pope

No visi-ng Rotarians.

• A@endance: 63%

• Fines: $196

• Raffle: $107 (PP Andrew Bynoe won the Wine World

Voucher & Sergeant- At- Arms Peter Arender won the usual

boJle of Wine)

OBJECT OF ROTARY The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as

a basis of worthy enterprise and in par�cular to encourage and foster:

FIRST: The development of acquaintance as an opportunity of service;

SECOND: High ethical standards in business and professions, the

recogni�on and the worthiness of all useful occupa�ons, and the dig-

nifying of each Rotarian’s occupa�on as an opportunity to serve socie-

ty;

THIRD: The applica�on of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's per-

sonal, business and community life; and

FOURTH: The advancement of the interna�onal understanding, good-

will and peace through a world of fellowship of business and profes-

sional persons united in the ideal of service.

“PUTTING POWER IN THE HANDS OF WOMEN”

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poverty-women-nepal

Announcements Wishing A Happy Mothers Day To All Rotarians &

Partners-In-Service

Wedding Anniversary

None this week

Birthday - Rotarians

May 16 – Rtn. Onika Stewart

Birthday - Partners in Service

May 10 – Mary Cozier partner of Rtn. Steve Cozier

Join Date Anniversary

May 15, 1978 – PP Sir Trevor Carmichael - 41yrs